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# Exam question 4 · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more

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It is given that a product is reduced in weight whereas its price remains unchanged. Determine the measure which permits a shopper to compare its value accurately.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** price, you, measure, shopper · **What happens:** give, reduce, remain, determine, permit, compare · **To what, where:** It, product, weight, measure, shopper, value

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a product is reduced in weight whereas its price remains unchanged.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:e4:1
# text = It is given that a product is reduced in weight whereas its price remains unchanged.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
15	unchanged	unchanged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **reduce** | present · passive |  | a product |  | weight |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **remain** | present | product's price |  |  |  |  | unchanged *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the measure which permits a shopper to compare its value accurately.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:e4:2
# text = Determine the measure which permits a shopper to compare its value accurately.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	permits	permit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shopper	shopper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	compare	compare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the measure |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Topic |
| 2 | **permit** | present | the measure | a shopper |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shopper=Theme |
| 3 | **compare** | to-infinitive | the measure *not said here* | shopper's value |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Patient |
| 4 | **value** |  | shopper |  |  |  |  |  | nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The unit price, such as the price per one hundred grams

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:e4:o1:1
# text = The unit price, such as the price per one hundred grams
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	per	per	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	_
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	grams	gram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The colour and design of the packaging upon the shelf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:e4:o2:1
# text = The colour and design of the packaging upon the shelf
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	design	design	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	packaging	packaging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The size of the box, irrespective of its contents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:e4:o3:1
# text = The size of the box, irrespective of its contents
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The number of advertisements broadcast for the product

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:e4:o4:1
# text = The number of advertisements broadcast for the product
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	advertisements	advertisement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	broadcast	broadcast	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **broadcast** *speech: other* | present | the number of advertisements |  |  |  |  | for the product | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent for product=Topic |

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